ACLU Sues Trump For Election Integrity Group Transparency, And Other Trump News From Monday
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ACLU Sues Trump For Commission On Election Integrity: The ACLU is suing President Trump and VP Pence for allegedly violating the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The suit alleges that the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity lacks transparency, and has not given sufficient notice of its meetings. The commission recently asked states for unusual voter information as part of its supposed efforts to prove the integrity of the election. 44 states have refused to request.
Trump Jr. Promised Negative Hillary Information In Campaign Meeting With Russian Lawyer: Donald Trump Jr. was promised damaging information on Hillary Clinton ahead of a meeting held with a Kremlin-connected lawyer during the election. Former campaign chairman Paul Manafort and Trump son-in-law and current adviser Jared Kushner attended the meeting. Jared Kushner, Paul Manafort, and Trump Jr. confirmed the meeting. Trump Jr. offered two perspectives on the meeting. First, he told the Times that him and the Russian lawyer only discussed adoption issues. Later, he told the Times that he took the meeting as a favor to a friend from the Ms. Universe pageant, and that she tried to tell him that the DNC was receiving money from the Russians.
GOP Senator Slams Trump's Meeting With Putin: Senator Lindsay Graham attacked President Trump on Sunday, saying his insistence on "moving forward without punishing Russia" is hurting his presidency, continuing that "When it comes to Russia, he's got a blind spot."
Report: Some Of Comey's Trump Memos Contain Classified Information: Half of the highly sought after memos that former FBI Director James Comey took after every personal interaction he had with President Trump contain classified information, according to a report published by The Hill. Comey noted that some of the memos contain classified information, but did not share how many. Comey shared at least one of the memos with friends and leaked at least one to journalists (according to his own Senate testimony).
Trump's Tweets
President Trump is finished with G20 meetings, meaning he can remove his hands from all of those pesky shakes, and use them for more pressing things —his tweets. This morning Trump went on a healthy tweetstorm.
First, Trump tweeted his reaction to The Hill's story on the supposed classified information in James Comey's memos:
In another tweet, Trump turned to health care, urging Senators to vote on an Obamacare replacement before their August recess:
Over the weekend, President Trump was criticized for letting his daughter and adviser Ivanka Trump fill his seat during a G20 meeting. This morning, Trump tweeted out his response:
